Just how far out do facts go?

"Just the facts, man."

This phrase goes a long way to describing what we think knowledge is.

Knowledge is facts. That's all, man.

But what if that's not all?

Every fact leads to Glory, or it falls short of its intended being.

In this light, we see why, for example, the facts of gossip fall far short of Glory.

The facts of science also do not satisfy. They may at best lead to more Questions, perhaps to Wonder.

The knowledge of a parent for a child may reach to Love.

But facts, all true facts, actually reach far out and touch Glory. In our present condition it is just difficult to see this most of the time.

But that was the original intention for the order of things.

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1 Corinthians 13.2 And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.

Habakkuk 2.14 For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, As the waters cover the sea.

2 Corinthians 2.16 For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

Job 38.4, 7 Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? ... When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?